Don’t burden North Canton’s residents with levy for parks

North Canton City Council may put a 1.5-mill park levy on the May primary ballot (”Parks levy eyed for North Canton,” Dec. 10). Unlike council members, my husband and I don’t have the power to give ourselves a raise through emergency legislation. We are retired on a fixed income that is buying less and less.

North Canton City Schools and Walsh University could have civics classes for credit, and scouts could do some maintenance work in the parks for badges. Have raffles, garden club plant and bulb sales and fundraisers at the parks to pay for expensive projects such as renovating restrooms.

A large amount of money was just given to our parks by a man who passed way. How was that spent?